This is a group project. With your partner(s) you are to research and investigate the given topic (see below). On Sunday Dec.10 you will be invited to present your findings to the class. Please note: If you decide to invite a guest speaker from within Bangladesh to speak on your topic this must be done before Dec.10 as it can then be used as part of your own presentation.
Your assessment for this task involves completing a wiki page(s) and presenting your topic to the class.
Read the Wiki Assessment Rubric page carefully for information about project requirements and assessment.
Investigate IT systems for law enforcement for immigration and passport control: hardware and software e.g. CCTV, digital face recognition "facial fingerprint"
What is E-Passport?
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* Discuss the use of database systems to store and search for data. What are the main issues? Getting started
Area of Impact: Politics and Government
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Your Task: Due date Sunday December 10, 2006
This is a group project. With your partner(s) you are to research and investigate the given topic (see below). On Sunday Dec.10 you will be invited to present your findings to the class.Please note: If you decide to invite a guest speaker from within Bangladesh to speak on your topic this must be done before Dec.10 as it can then be used as part of your own presentation.
Your assessment for this task involves completing a wiki page(s) and presenting your topic to the class.
Read the Wiki Assessment Rubric page carefully for information about project requirements and assessment.
Wiki #1: Electronic voting
(The impact of IT on the Political Process)Debanjan and Ishad
- Investigate IT systems required for electronic/online voting: hardware and software
>* Write a brief case-study of one country that has used electronic voting (e.g. Australia)
- What are the main concerns with electronic voting?
>** Authenticating the voter
- Reliability and security of the database
- What are the main advantages and disadvantages of electronic voting? Give examples
- What are other social and ethical issues resulting from electronic voting? Evaluate your arguments
- Provide a Bangladesh perspective on voting and IT for the forthcoming elections: what are the main issues?
Getting started- Article from ZD Net: Online Voting Can't be Trusted on Standard PCs
- Wikipedia: Electronic Voting
- Electronic Voting - Voting expert Rebecca Mercuri's website, with papers on the subject, and many articles and websites regarding electronic voting
- See also this article by Andy Carvin on the recent US elections and YouTube
>Wiki #2: Immigration and Passport Control
(The Impact of IT on Law Enforcement)Law Enforcement and Solving CrimesMehrab and Reem
- Investigate IT systems for law enforcement for immigration and passport control: hardware and software e.g. CCTV, digital face recognition "facial fingerprint"
- What is E-Passport?
>* Discuss the use of database systems to store and search for data. What are the main issues?
Getting started
- Wikipedia: Biometric passport
>* E-Passport
- Biometric immigration control technology
- Kenya: Checking in using your thumbprint
- E-Passport testing begind in USA
>Wiki #3: Global Positioning System
(The Impact of IT on the Military and Security)Refa'at and Nader
- What are the main components of a Global Positioning System and how does it operate?
- Investigate the use of GPS's for military, civilian, and non-military government use
- What are the issues to do with countries having control of this tool?
Getting started- Wikipedia: Global Positioning System
- GPS and cars
- US GPS
>Wiki #4: Policy Implementation
(The Impact of IT on Government Administration)Shaveena and Arpit
- In what ways do governments utilise ICT to keep records and implement policies?
- Research and compare at least two different countries, including Bangladesh
- Provide specific examples of software/hardware/systems
- Provide specific case studies for Bangladesh (invite a guest speaker)
- Discuss the definition of data mining and data matching in relation to government databases
>Gettign started
- The International Council for Information Technology in Government Administration
>* The ICA
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- Electronic government and information technology
- Norway: Ministry of Government Administration and Reform
>Wiki #5: Freedom of the Internet
(The influence and control over access to and content of the Internet)Wasi and Saif
- Who owns the Internet?
- Research fact and opinion about who owns and controls Internet access globally
- Make a study of at least two different countries, including China: contrast and compare their policies and approaches to censorship of the Internet
- What are the main issues concerning government control and /or influence over Internet access?
- How does government control/censorship affect business and education?
>Getting started
- Who owns the Internet?
>* Wikipedia: Internet censorship in the People's Republic of China
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- Policies related to web accessibility
** State control of the Internet in China
- News item: China and Internet control
>Alternative Topics:
Wiki #6: CyberCrime
(Government organisations and policies to fight crime asociated with IT)- Write a brief case study choosing one example of using IT to enforce a law or solve a crime
>* What are social and ethical issues to do with DNA data collection? Evaluate your argument
Wiki #7: Crime Scene Investigation
(The Impact of IT on Fighting Crime)Wiki #8: Traffic Control
(The Impact of IT on Law Enforcement)